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NCO
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English
Noun
en Q992150 en electronics en w:numerically controlled oscillator.
en Q158950 en military en non-commissioned officer.
en 1989 H. T. Willetts w:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn August 1914 109 w:Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-51999-4 There was for some reason a shortage not only of regular private soldiers but of officers and NCOs.
en 2017-01-14 Roland Oliphant Special report: Loose cannons at the frontline of Ukraine's forgotten war The Daily Telegraph The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/14/special-report-loose-cannons-frontline-ukraines-forgotten-war/ For Sgt Kudrya, an NCO who has found himself commanding a company because of a lack of officers, this low-level war means a constant struggle with the elements, paper work (he is under constant pressure from above to account for each litre of petrol and round of ammunition), and the erosion of discipline born of boredom. https://web.archive.org/web/20250630125957/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/14/special-report-loose-cannons-frontline-ukraines-forgotten-war/ 30 June 2025
See also
en VCO
Anagrams
en cno -con con- OCN NOC con Con ONC onc CON CNO